Acupressure in Hospitalized Patients

NCT02762435 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2017-04-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

After written informed consent eligible hospitalized patients will be randomized to one of 3 arms (1:1:1:): control, sham, accupressure (3 points on the hand and wrist three times per day). Quality of recovery and other measures of patient satisfaction will be recorded.

Conditions

  • Acupressure

Interventions

OTHER

sham

light touch at established points on hand and wrist

OTHER

control

no contact with the subject

OTHER

acupressure

moderate pressure at established points on hand and wrist

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Elliott Bennett-Guerrero, MD · Stony Brook Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-31
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2017-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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